An Oldie but Goodie ...Hope it's not a repost. We all agree that this is insane, but we still watch this. So turn on your sound and enjoy ...

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On an August morning in 1978, French filmmaker Claude Lelouch mounted a gyro-stabilized camera to the bumper of a Ferrari 275 GTB and had a friend, a professional Formula 1 racer, drive at breakneck speed through the heart of Paris early in the morning . The film was limited for technical reasons to 10 minutes; the course was from Porte Dauphine , through the Louvre, to the Basilica of Sacre Coeur.
No streets were closed, for Lelouch was unable to obtain a permit.

The driver completed the course in about 9 minutes, reaching nearly 140 MPH in some stretches. The footage reveals him running real red lights, nearly hitting real pedestrians, and driving the wrong way up real one-way streets.

Upon showing the film in public for the first time, Lelouch was arrested. He has never revealed the identity of the driver, and the film went underground. If you haven't seen this before it is a classic, if you have seen it I apologize, but it's still a classic.

22 seconds into the video swat team drops down from the helicopter, spike strips and cars from every police precinct come from around every corner.

And on the background news station commentator goes: "OMG! I have never seen anything like this before! Look at this deranged man running red lights and endangering lives of unsuspecting motorists. You are watching an exclusive KLATV footage"

The backstory: Claude LeLouch directed the film back in 1976, "C'etait un rendez-vous'.

The actual car used wasn't a Ferrari--it was the director's own Mercedes 450SEL 6.9, or so he says recently--the Ferrari engine sounds were dubbed in later. Supposedly, if you pay close attention, the shift points occasionally don't match. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a d@mn'. It's a great little film.

The backstory: Claude LeLouch directed the film back in 1976, "C'etait un rendez-vous'.

The actual car used wasn't a Ferrari--it was the director's own Mercedes 450SEL 6.9, or so he says recently--the Ferrari engine sounds were dubbed in later. Supposedly, if you pay close attention, the shift points occasionally don't match. Frankly, my dear, I don't give a d@mn'. It's a great little film.

Agreed, It was a Mercedes and they weren't driving that fast. Excellent film regardless.